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HEFT 17–18 of Die Naturwissenschaften, which appeared on April 27, is devoted to the memory of Erwin Baur, who died in December last. A short general account by Dr. Max Hartmann of his work and its significance in leading to a general appreciation of genetics in Germany is followed by a series of twelve articles written by colleagues of Baur whom he trained in the institute of which he was head, outlining in more detail the results achieved by the institute for plant breeding which he founded at Miincheberg. Five papers dealing with his theoretical work discuss respectively his investigations of mutation, linkage, specific crossing and self-sterility in Antirrhinum, and his genetical work on Pelargonium and Cleome. In seven other papers are considered the practical plant-breeding results obtained with rye, wheat, barley, sweet lupins, fodder plants, potatoes and grapes. Further papers on the practical results will appear in later numbers of the same journal. An obituary notice of Prof. Baur appeared in NATURE of February 17.
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Prof. Erwin Baur. Nature 133, 865 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133865c0
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